Category: Tri-Town Sports

  • Piners look strong in state tournament play

    Jackson, Howell girls eliminated in quarterfinal round BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above, Lakewood’s Anthony Plascencia tires to get a shot past Colts Neck goalie Matt Novielli during a Central Jersey Group II quarterfinal in Lakewood on Friday. At left, the Piners’ Ellory Malhi and the…

  • Jaguars quiet critics with win over TRE

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer DOVER TOWNSHIP — Travis Wilton set the tone for the Jackson High School football team’s win over undefeated Toms River East (TRE) last Friday night when the defensive back intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for the game’s first score in the opening quarter.…

  • Take it to the right

    JEFFGRANIT staff Lakewood’s Robert Applegate tries to elude Manalapan’s Cody High during their game in Lakewood in Saturday, won by the Braves.

  • Clausen sets the pace once again

    Jackson girls win first sectional title, gun for Shore championships BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JERRY WOLKOWITZ staff Jackson’s Jen Clausen won her third straight Central Jersey Group IV title on Saturday, leading the Lady Jaguars to their first sectional team title. HOLMDEL — For the past two seasons, Jackson High…

  • Howell girls capture A North title

    BY TIM MORRIS Staff Writer BY TIM MORRISStaff Writer When the cross-country season began back in September, on paper, it looked like the annual Howell-Manalapan shoot-out would play itself out in A North. Howell had won in 2002 and Manalapan turned the tables last year. Freehold Township, however, quickly moved into the picture when freshman…

  • Jaguars top Howell, face toughest test on Friday

    New Egypt clinches first postseason berth with win over Delran BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JACKSON — The Jackson High School football team overcame a sluggish first half en route to posting a resounding 31-6 over host Howell last Friday in a Shore Conference American Division game. With the win, Jackson…

  • Jackson boys jayvee squad finishes its perfect season

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer JACKSON — If the success of the Jackson High School boys junior varsity soccer program the last two years is any indication of what is in store for the future, the Jags should find themselves in pretty good shape for the 2005 season. Jackson’s JV just…

  • Injured Kaplan leads Lady Jaguars

    BY MIKE WHITE Staff Writer BY MIKE WHITEStaff Writer BRICK — Senior Kaitlyn Kaplan placed in two events as the Jackson High School gymnastics team placed fifth overall last Saturday at the Shore Conference Championships at Brick Memorial High School. Kaplan, who was performing with an injured forearm, managed to finish fifth in the uneven…

  • Sports Shorts

    The following are the final regular season standings for the Wilbur Thompson Fall Softball League: A Division Cavanaugh’s25-5 Larson Electric/Hart’s24-6 Trans-American16-14 Mendes Landscaping14-16 Pine Belt Chevrolet10-20 Direct Group1-29 B Division East Coast Connection31-5 Gutter Master26-10 Flo-Dar26-10 J & J25-11 Intrinsic Chiropractic21-15 I & G Farms18-18 Jersey Heat Sports16-20 First Jersey Insurance16-20 Seminoles15-21 Amazins14-22 Goodfellas13-23 I.M.O.’s8-28…